Texas Power Grid Asks Customers to Cut Electricity Use as Blistering Heat Wave Scorches the South
Texas power grid operator ERCOT on Tuesday asked customers to voluntarily cut electricity use between 4-8 pm CT as a blistering heat wave scorches the South.
Temperatures have soared to 115+ degrees with the heat index in parts of Texas, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Louisiana.
“ERCOT has issued a Voluntary Conservation Notice for today from 4–8 p.m. due to extreme heat & forecasted record demand. Texans are asked to voluntarily reduce electric use, if safe to do so. ERCOT is not in emergency operations.” the power grid operator said on Tuesday.
#TXANS Update—6/20/2023: ERCOT has issued a Voluntary Conservation Notice for today from 4–8 p.m. due to extreme heat & forecasted record demand. Texans are asked to voluntarily reduce electric use,
